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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomed Inform. 2011 Sep 1;45(1):1–14. doi: 10.1016/j.jbi.2011.08.016

Table 5.

Sample of error types of overlapping concepts for July 2009 release

Concept Partial-areas Error Type(s) Correction(s)
Serum specimen from blood product Blood specimen / Fluid sample / Body substance sample Missing parent Add parent: Blood specimen from blood product
Dentin specimen Specimen from digestive system / Specimen from head and neck structure Incorrect Parent: Oral cavity sample Correct parent: Specimen from tooth
a.m serum specimen Blood specimen / Fluid sample (specimen) / Body substance sample Missing relationship Add relationship: TIME_ASPECT with the value of - am - ante meridiem
Specimen from tooth Specimen from digestive system / Specimen from head and neck structure Incorrect relationship target: Oral cavity structure Refine with : Tooth structure
Specimen obtained by fine needle aspiration procedure Specimen obtained by aspiration / Biopsy sample Missing child Add children:
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    Breast fine needle aspirate sample;

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    Soft tissue lesion fine needle aspirate sample;

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    Specimen from heart obtained by fine needle aspiration procedure;

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    Specimen from kidney obtained by fine needle aspiration procedure

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    Specimen from thymus gland obtained by fine needle aspiration biopsy
Tissue specimen from placenta Tissue specimen from genital system / Products of conception tissue sample Other error type: missing ancestor “Soft tissue sample” Create a proper concept to parent it in the “Soft tissue sample” tree.